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The New York Times bestseller. “Gripping . . . By turns fascinating and heartbreaking . . . Stuff invites readers to reevaluate their desire for things.”—Boston Globe  “Amazing . . . utterly engrossing . . . Read it.”—The Washington Post Book World   What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper that’s ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a person to sacrifice her marriage or career for an accumulation of seemingly useless things? Randy Frost and Gail Steketee were the first to study hoarding when they began their work a decade ago. They didn’t expect that they would end up treating hundreds of patients and fielding thousands of calls from the families of hoarders. Their vivid case studies (reminiscent of Oliver Sacks) in Stuff show how you can identify a hoarder—piles on sofas and beds that make the furniture useless, houses that can be navigated only by following small paths called goat trails, vast piles of paper that the hoarders “churn” but never discard, even collections of animals and garbage—and illuminate the pull that possessions exert over all of us. Whether we’re savers, collectors, or compulsive cleaners, very few of us are in fact free of the impulses that drive hoarders to extremes.   “Authoritative, haunting, and mysterious. It is also intensely, not to say compulsively readable.”—Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize-winning author   “Fascinating . . . a good mix of cultural and psychological theories on hoarding.”—Newsweek   “Pioneering researchers offer a superb overview of a complex disorder that interferes with the lives of more than six-million Americans . . . An absorbing, gripping, important report.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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I have read or have on a shelf most of the books by other writers listed by this author. When my loving, helpful son mentioned this book as a resource for me, I was not even hopeful that it would be any more beneficial than the others have been in changing my attitude or behavior regarding my hoarding. But it has. Maybe I am just ready. Maybe the case histories paralleled my own more closely than others have previously. The reason why is not important, but the glimmer of hope is. Immensely so.My entire extended family just returned from a lengthy vacation together where a good time was had by all. The place where we stayed was palatial. I was able to leave in the trash there things I had bought for traveling that I probably would not use again, and clothes that had seen their better days. And donated new things I had not used to the cleaners. I did not overload myself with souvenirs.When I returned to my hoarded home, the stuff I have accumulated over decades was not welcoming. It was as if the scales had been removed from my eyes and I was offended by the lack of order. I'm still jet-lagged but I have started my quest to freedom by tossing a few things and setting aside things I no longer treasure to donate. For the first time in forever I think I can, just like the little engine that could. I am grateful for this book at this time in my life. Now the work begins..
"Stuff" is a very thorough and compassionate look into a world most of us simply can't understand at all. I picked this book up because there are hoarder-ish people in both my and my husband's families, and I wanted to understand them better. They aren't stupid, yet somehow they are blind to the awful situations they put themselves into -- why? What makes an intelligent, often insightful person look at a crumpled bread bag from 2009 and freak out at the thought of discarding such a treasure? Frost has gone where most fear to tread, and found tremendous humanity in these often-despised hoarders. Far from dismissing them as "crazy," Frost looks to understand their pain and their internal logic, and finds that hoarders are much like "normal" people, only with certain personality traits dialed up way beyond "11." It's startling to see how much almost everyone has in common with hoarders, and it made me rethink my own (non-disordered) relationship with "stuff."If you're looking for a freakshow like you'd see on the TV show "Hoarders," well, there's a bit of that here -- but tempered with a lot of thinking, sincere asking of questions, and even philosophy about man's relationship with the world.

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